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- Estimate
- £500,000–£700,000 hammer ≈ $784,140–$1,097,796
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L12020, London · 15 February 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4067787
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Damien Hirst, Mercuric Thiocyanate. Sotheby's, 15 Feb 2012, lot 26. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4067787.
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Damien Hirst, Mercuric Thiocyanate. Sotheby's, 15 Feb 2012, lot 26. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4067787.
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From the same sale L12020 · Feb 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nero Plastica | Alberto Burri | £800,000–£1,200,000 | |
| Cacti and Stuffed Bird | Lucian Freud | £400,000–£500,000 | |
| Untitled | Keith Haring | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| Concetto Spaziale, Attesa | Lucio Fontana | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Figure with Monkey | — | £1,800,000–£2,500,000 | |
| F130 | Yves Klein | £250,000–£350,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Hirst | Omnipotence | $891,869 | Phillips, Oct 2022 | |
| Damien Hirst | N-(9-Acridinyl) Maleimide | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Biotin Hydrazide | Phillips, Oct 2022 | ||
| Damien Hirst | damien hirst | the four seasons | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Biotin-Maleimide | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Veil of Imagination | Christie's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Ocean Spray | Christie's, May 2024 | ||
| Damien Hirst | I Love You More Than Words Can Say | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.